Originally Posted by
johnroe
If you take a look at the before and after refurbishment pictures. You can see why the building was covered up in aluminium gentrification. They were scheduled to be knocked down decades ago and the councils are embarrassed by them. The internal steel that keeps the integrity of the concrete intact has corroded. The concrete crystalline structure has degraded over time. I doubt the hidden inner frame is still able to support the weight, as when they were built.
These blocks were always about 'warehousing' people, waiting for decent accommodation. They should have been pulled down, not tarted up. It's the chronic housing shortage, especially for families that is the problem here(and that's for another thread, because that's also complicated. Should houses be seen as homes, or financial investment?)